You guys…do you know what happens when you are so busy that you can’t think straight? You buy two times the amount of some ingredients thinking you hadn’t already gotten them. I was baking my white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies for our Girl Scout bake sale and bought the dried cranberries twice. So, I decided to create this delicious cranberry apple slaw to go with our dinner that night to use some of them.

I am so excited to partner with Safeway to bring you this delicious recipe. While this post is sponsored, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Two things happen during this time of year: I spend a ton more time in the kitchen and I also spend a lot more time at the store. They kind of go hand in hand because I obviously need ingredients to make whatever I am cooking in the kitchen. While I do cook all year round, this time of year is when I do a lot more baking. Right now, these coconut chocolate magic bars are our top favorite of everything I’ve made.

I am always looking for a quick and easy meal that my husband can just toss in the oven while I am at gymnastics practice with my daughter. My family adores sloppy joes and so I decided to make a sloppy joe biscuit bake. It is so easy and ridiculously good.

I am so excited to partner with Bob’s Red Mill to share with you this gluten free treat that is a perfect addition to your holiday baking. While this post is sponsored, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Once Thanksgiving passes, my kitchen turns to holiday baking. While I love baking sweet treats for my family, my absolute favorite is baking holiday treats for others. From contributing to the annual bake sale to raise money for charity to baking for neighbors and friends, I just can’t get enough. Just after Thanksgiving, I made these gluten free pecan pie bars as a way to say thank you to someone’s dad for doing me a huge favor and saving me a ton of time during the busy holiday season.

This post is part of a sponsored week long event called #MerryEats, all opinions and words are 100% mine.

Earlier this week, I shared with you an awesome idea for holiday entertaining or even to use as a homemade gift. Several others shared more great recipes and entertaining tips as part of our #MerryEats week too. But, not all holiday entertaining comes in the form of fancy parties and elaborate food spreads. At our house, we do plenty of low key entertaining where there are a just a few people gathering together for a casual lunch. For those times, this turkey apple grilled cheese is the absolute must make recipe!

This post is part of a sponsored week long event called #MerryEats, all opinions and words are 100% mine.

Who’s ready for the holidays and all the entertaining it brings with it? I know I am! In fact, our annual holiday party is this weekend which makes it the absolute perfect week for me to share with you some recipes that are perfect for holiday eating like this roasted tomato bacon chutney!

Our day of yes was inspired by the Capri Sun Refreshers available at Walmart. They are a blend of fruit juice and filtered water mix of juice and filtered water making saying “yes” to my kids enjoying them super easy. There are no artificial colors, preservatives, or flavors and they have no added sugar either. Plus, it takes away the mixing that I was already doing with their juice. Finding them our local Walmart was simple too. Our current favorite is the Capri Sun Refreshers Awesomely Apple.

As a parent, I often have to say “no” a ton when it comes to my kids. They frequently want to do things that don’t work in our schedule, I don’t think are a great idea or just can’t happen for some reason or another. But, while my husband has been away, I’ve had to tell my daughter no more times that I like just because I was solo parenting both kids and working so I just couldn’t make things happen. To reward her for being so amazing during that time, I decided we would have a day of yes which included eating caramel apple donut fries for dinner.

This post was sponsored by Ling Ling, all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

Ok, we’ve totally talked before about how our hectic schedule leads us to take out way more than I’d like to admit. Plus, I just can’t resist the Asian mixed vegetables that I order. Well, we’ve been trying to drastically cut down on how often we order out so I’ve been making Asian mixed vegetables at home and loving it.

This post was sponsored by Heluva Good! as part of an Ambassador Program and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

With Thanksgiving next week, my brain is already filled with planning our annual holiday party. This will be our 15th year hosting one together and it is my absolute favorite party of the year. Of course, the food has to be perfect so I start planning well in advance. Delicious dips are a must but so are fun dipping options like mini hasselback potatoes.

Each year, we host Thanksgiving at our house for family. I spend the first weeks of November scouring over recipes we’ve used in the past and searching for some new ones to potentially add into the mix. One thing I never look for: Thanksgiving dessert recipes. My mother in law always brings the most amazing Thanksgiving desserts so I’ve never had to make one. This year is going to be different though and so I’m on the hunt for the best Thanksgiving dessert recipes and figured I’d share my finds with you!

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Hi, I'm Shannah! Welcome to My Suburban Kitchen, where you'll find tons of recipe ideas including family friendly dinners, sinfully delicious desserts and even Paleo and Whole30 recipes. I love spending time in our kitchen and also share little glimpses of my life as a wife to one awesome Mathlete and working mom to 2 cute kids! I hope you'll grab a seat at our table and enjoy your time in the kitchen with us.